While I know this Driver has some use for some programs it did not fix my problem of allowing me to play DVD's through my Windows Media Player.

Summary

I have stopped chasing down possible or rather impossible drivers to fix my problem. My only other choice is to get a new computer with far greater capabilities than what I have now. One that comes with everything already installed and ready for activation. Thank you anyhow for being there for all of us though. Without you we are blind and walking without canes.

I don't even bother with windows media player. TO get a new computer because WMP isn't working properly seems ridiculous to me when VLC Media Player has been way above them for years. Voice layover correction, codecs pre-installed, plays anything without asking for anythig else. never had a problem playing a thing.

it did not work on my Dell XPS Gen 2 desktop.
Using my dell service code I was able to verify my video card is a radeon 9800XT the only driver they had was not compatible. Below is the latest driver I found from dell.

I went to the ATI website it was pretty confusing, I found what appeared to be the correct driver and could only find it in an ATI catalyst control center download. Followed all the instructions it appeared to be working correctly but the second time i booted up to an unreadable screen with many white blurry lines the white equivalent of an unreadable screen.
This is what i found on the link above
ATI Catalyst? Legacy Display Driver
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Legacy/Pages/radeonaiw_vista64.aspx?type=2.4.1&product=2.4.1.3.23&lang=English

this is the same page i found and downloaded the
Option 1 - Full Software Suite
Catalyst Software Suite95 MB10.22/24/2010Download
Description:
Package Includes:
Display Driver
Catalyst Control Center
(English Language Only)

I have no idea what to do next.
If you read the release notes:
https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/Catalyst_93_release_notes.pdf

it seems to be the correct driver that win 7 home premium 32 bit version asks for.

Before installing the above drivers. I kept getting warning messages from windows complaining about video driver instability and when on Internet explorer pages were loading very slow and automatically going into a compatibility mode. This kept getting slower and slower my internet pages were coming up half size instead of full screen and had to maximize them every time.
I have surpassed my capabilities and will have to resort to some high paid tech to get it back in working order possibly have to go back to Win XP pro.

it has really good display colors, and is very evcen in it's overall viewing experience.

Cons

i can't get the control center to rise up & display on my screen. i submitted a few tickets 2 ati, and they're escalating it 2 a senior techie. i flashed my bios, updated chipset driver, updated norton nis 2007 software, installed several hotfixes from ms, re-installed 7.11 and then 7.12 again catalyst softwares, but no onscreen display. if ati can nail windows, then they get out of it. otherwise, displayport will find me w/ nvidia.

This driver is compatible with all "ATI Radeon" video cards and I needed it. This version is newer then the one "Vista" installs by default on my system. Something happened (not sure what or how) and mine became corrupted. All of the sudden I was getting an error message telling me to install tor update this driver. I remembered finding a similar driver at download.com before. I found this one and installed it. This driver installed with ease and corrected my problem.

It works with Vista and my old x600 video card. Its refreshing to find something that works like its supposed to in Vista. Just having a decent video card that works speeds up and smooths out videos online and games too.

Cons

Havent found much to complain about yet. Doesn't seem to make much difference as to what I set some settings to. I haven't done much gaming with it yet but then again, its just a 128mb card.

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